This page has 4 parts:

Part 1 - Overview

Part 2 - Current Weed Alerts

Part 3 - Current Weed Watches

Part 4 - Current Weed News

Part 1 - Overview

Prickly Acacia and Parkinsonia exist throughout the Aramac Shire.  The shire hopes, by 2007, to arrest the spread of Prickly acacia and significantly reduce the distribution of Parkinsonia.

Rubber vine is present along a number of tributaries within the shire including Reedy Creek, Thunderbolt Creek, Splitters Creek, Pelican Creek, Towerhill Creek, and the Thompson River.  Landholders are generally controlling the spread of the weed in these areas and its distribution is being reduced.

There are three recorded incidents of Parthenium weed in the shire.  These are isolated sites and the shire believes they can be eradicated.

There are also isolated pockets of mesquite and bellyache bush in the shire.  The shire hopes to eradicate both species.

The following is a list of known weeds in the shire and their classification. For information about these classifications, click here.

Class 1 pest plants - None

Class 2 pest plants – Parthenium, Prickly acacia, Parkinsonia, Rubber vine, Mesquite, Mother of Millions, Harrisia cactus, Bellyache Bush

Class 3 pest plants - Athel Pine

Other pest plants - Noogoora Burr, Bathurst Burr, Castor oil Bush, Coral Cactus, Leucaena

Part 2 - Current Weed Alerts

Information on this section will be posted as it becomes available.

Information on this section will be posted as it becomes available.